I'm shocked. Pleased and shocked. Yay democracy!

You mean it worked???

And yet, somehow, someway, "...this is fascism." Fascism is of course defined as "a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism." Clearly this defines the current state of 'umerika.

Conservatives are against any government action that restricts the freedom of large corporations, even if the freedom restricted is the freedom to coerce private citizens and less powerful corporations. Because government is evil, but corporations are ... funding their campaigns.

Oliver may have given the movement a little publicity push, but the Prez is right - Reddit was the real force behind the comments to the FCC.

I'd be in favor of Obama coming out strongly in opposition to drinking bleach if it weren't for the public health crisis that would result from it.

I think institutional Republicans are against it because the only freedom that matters to them is the freedom of the wealthy and power to enjoy their wealth and power. Any policy that hints at the legitimacy or existence of general public interest is anathema.

From their perspective, this is snatching food from the gaping maws of Comcast shareholders.

Curious how this is going to effect streaming services already being shaken down by providers—Vimeo claims to know who throttles them, and independent tests have suggested this is already going on as well. Will this ruling go as far as enforcement, or just shape publicly announced policy?

I would have thought Paul Constant would have been posting about this.

I would like to thank my friend Steve, who had his computers broken into pieces by the Secret Service for daring to write a PAPER GAME about hackers and then founded EFF.

He's why you have Net Neutrality.

Your country may still be pretty messed up, but damn- your president is cool. How many world leaders manage to keep their sass and sense of humour like that?

Conservatives, like a lot of my coworkers, dislike this ruling because what they hear is that the government is going to "REGULATE the internet like a public utility" and regulation is always bad.

Liberals like it because they're capable of understanding what that actually means.